June 22, 2017 – The Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) – a joint initiative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations...
Date: June 22, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
KABUL, May 17, 2017 – Entrepreneurs in Afghanistan can obtain a permit for setting up a business with relative ease, but they face considerable hurdles in other areas which are important for a firm to...
Date: May 17, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Chisinau, March 14, 2017 - In Moldova, the time spent by companies dealing with regulatory authorities decreased in 2016, after a decade of no meaningful change, according to the Cost of Doing Business...
Date: March 14, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, February 7, 2017 – Improving agriculture regulations in low and middle income countries could go a long way toward feeding the world’s growing population and improving farmers’ livelihoods...
Date: February 7, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ALMATY, October 26, 2016 – Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan implemented a total of 12 reforms across nine business regulatory areas during the past year, with Kazakhstan recording...
Date: October 26, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
PRISTINA, October 26, 2016 – Kosovo has continued to improve its business regulatory environment, says World Bank Group’s newest report on the ease of doing business Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity...
Date: October 26, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
East Asia and Pacific Makes Steady Progress to Improve Business Environment: Doing Business Report NAY PYI TAW, October 26, 2016 – Myanmar has improved its business regulatory environment over the...
Date: October 26, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
TIRANA, October 25, 2016 – Albania made big strides in improving its business environment in key areas of business regulations, according to the Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All, the World...
Date: October 25, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ZAGREB, October 25, 2016 – Economies of the Europe and Central Asia region place among the top improvers in the World Bank Group’s ease of doing business report. All but one of the region’s 25 economies...
Date: October 25, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
BELGRADE, October 25, 2016 – Serbia is among the global top 10 improvers in this year’s edition of the World Bank Group’s ease of doing business report. Released today, Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity...
Date: October 25, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
RIGA, October 25, 2016 – Improved access to credit information and reforms to make paying taxes less complicated helped Latvia join the 20 economies with the top scores in the Doing Business 2017 ranking,...
Date: October 25, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WARSAW, October 25, 2016 – A new insolvency law, amendments to construction law and a speedier electricity connection process allowed Poland to advance to 24th place, one place higher than last year, in...
Date: October 25, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ABIDJAN, August 2, 2016—The World Bank Group’s Trade & Competitiveness Global Practice, through its Business Regulation Program, is helping the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to improve its business inspection...
Date: August 2, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WARSAW, March 17, 2016 – A regional workshop focusing on transposing European Union (EU) accounting requirements for various types of entities is taking place in Warsaw on March 17-18. The event is...
Date: March 17, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
PRISHTINA, October 28, 2015 – The World Bank Group’s latest Doing Business report recognizes Kosovo’s continued efforts to improve the regulatory climate for local businesses, although the pace of reforms...
Date: October 28, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, October 27, 2015 – Over 90 percent of economies in the Europe and Central Asia region implemented reforms to improve their business climate during the past year, finds the World Bank Group’s...
Date: October 27, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Big Strides in Improving Business Climate in Europe and Central Asia WASHINGTON, October 27, 2015 – This year Serbia ranks at 59 in the 2016 overall ease of Doing Business ranking. The main reasons...
Date: October 27, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
If Poland was able to aggregate the best of each city in one ranking, Poland would rank 8 positions higher in global “Doing Business” ranking, placing the country ahead of France and the Netherlands. According...
Date: October 19, 2015
Type: Opinion
Language: English
ZAGREB, September 10, 2015 – The Minister of Economy, H.E. Ivan Vrdoljak, and the World Bank’s Country Manager for Croatia, Mr. Carlos Piñerúa, jointly hosted a presentation of the Doing Business Reform...
Date: September 10, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Bydgoszcz, located at the intersection of a few major transit routes in north-central Poland, is the country's eighth largest city and one of the fastest developing centers of business. In recent...
Date: June 25, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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